"Culicidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance.
| Descriptor ID |
D009033
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Culicidae- Culicidae
- Mosquitos
- Mosquito
- Mosquitoes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| 2018 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Culicidae" by people in Profiles.
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Shedding light on toxicity of SARS-CoV-2 peptides in aquatic biota: A study involving neotropical mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae). Environ Pollut. 2021 Nov 15; 289:117818.
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Susceptibility of Midge and Mosquito Vectors to SARS-CoV-2. J Med Entomol. 2021 07 16; 58(4):1948-1951.
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Impact of COVID-19 Mitigation Measures on Mosquito-Borne Diseases in 2020 in Queensland, Australia. Viruses. 2021 06 16; 13(6).
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A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses. Nat Commun. 2021 06 08; 12(1):3431.
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Potential for online crowdsourced biological recording data to complement surveillance for arthropod vectors. PLoS One. 2021; 16(4):e0250382.
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Insects and SARS-CoV-2: Analysis of the Potential Role of Vectors in European Countries. Ann Ig. 2021 Nov-Dec; 33(6):583-588.
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Zika Virus and Host Interactions: From the Bench to the Bedside and Beyond. Cells. 2020 11 12; 9(11).
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After the honeymoon, the divorce: Unexpected outcomes of disease control measures against endemic infections. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 10; 16(10):e1008292.
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A Sweep of Earth's Virome Reveals Host-Guided Viral Protein Structural Mimicry and Points to Determinants of Human Disease. Cell Syst. 2021 01 20; 12(1):82-91.e3.
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SARS-CoV-2 failure to infect or replicate in mosquitoes: an extreme challenge. Sci Rep. 2020 07 17; 10(1):11915.